About Us
Acoustic duo covering the artists of Lilith Fair. More than just nostalgia—we’re honoring the women musicians that ushered us into adulthood. The music of 90s favorites, Natalie Merchant, Sarah McLachlan, Shawn Colvin, Paula Cole (and more) reawaken the impulse toward sincerity and grit.
Shelby O’Neill
When Shelby’s family moved to a new town at the end of her eighth-grade year, she thought it would ruin her life, but it turned out the summer of 1997 was the perfect time to spend friendless on the couch watching the female artists of the Lilith Fair era dominate MTV and VH1. All these years later, her Roman Empire remains Sarah McLachlan’s eye makeup in the “Building a Mystery” video.
Shelby grew up playing bassoon and piano, and in 2012, joining Girl Guitar brought the joy of making music with other people back into her life. In addition to playing guitar and singing harmony in Lilith Pair, she plays drums in the all-female country cover band The Rhinestone Renegades and is one of the guitarists/vocalists in acoustic country act The Whiskey Wildflowers. Outside of music, she loves hanging out with her two kids, husband, dog and cat.
Favorite Lilith Fair-Era Song: “Stay (I Missed You),” Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
Melissa O. Meeks
Born with her Mercury in Aries and a Leo Moon, Melissa gravitated toward vocal performance from a young age (family snap shots of her teetering on heels and gripping a broken microphone speak for themselves!) In High School, Melissa cranked her car radio (a gold Saturn Sedan whose tires always leaked!) and sang along to the bands of Lilith Fair as she drove to classical voice lessons and musical theater practice.
For Melissa, reconnecting with this music in middle age feels like receiving love letters from a past self—or maybe an older, wiser part of her that knew she would survive the crises of adolescence. Amid broken families, broken hearts, broken promises made in childhood innocence, something resilient and compassionate was always there—reaching out in Jewel’s tender poetry and Melissa Etheridge’s smoky growl. To this day, the music of 90s era female artists lives as a bone-deep echo of the inner strength that holds all of us through the ups and downs of life. Melissa considers it an honor and joy to voice these songs for audiences once more.
Favorite Lilith Fair-Era Song: “Near You Always,” Jewel.